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Good morning. Kennedi Landry writes about the Texas Rangers downing the Seattle Mariners 10-2 on Sunday with rookies Dane Dunning and Adolis Garcia leading the way. Sam Blum writes that the home team has returned to .500 ball but, more importantly, they’re keeping things interesting in nearly mid-May which exceeds expectations. Stefan Stevenson writes that Khris Davis called his own shot upon joining the Rangers where he proclaimed that he will lead the club to the October promised land. Levi Weaver explores the whys and hows of tonight’s starter Kyle Gibson turning things up a notch for ...

When: 2-3:30 p.m. 90 Carlton Street, Athens, GA 30602 What: A Mother’s Day event featuring food from Uncle Ernie’s Pub n’ Grub, henna tattoos, chocolates from Condor Chocolates, a self-defense class by AKF Athens and a raffle benefiting The Cottage. The event is free, and raffle tickets are $5.  When: 1-8 p.m.

What would George Washington look like if he was a politician today? Well, like this. It was only two weeks ago but I’ve already forgotten who won at the Academy Awards. If there’s one thing I hope doesn’t come back after the pandemic it’s ball kids at tennis tournaments having to handle the gross towels the players use. This has always been odd to me and there’s no reason to go back to doing it. Two minutes after typing that Love Story line above I saw Ryan O’Neil on an episode of Leave It to Beaver and I swear I didn’t plan it that way.

It could have happened, you know. The original Spider-Man, which came out May 3, 2002, 19 long years ago, took more risks than you might remember. The director, Raimi, was more known for low-budget cult horror films than tentpole superhero franchises. The star, Tobey Maguire, was an indie actor who was known more for roles that were dark and brooding than heroic and plucky. Moreover, it's not like comic book movies were some sure-thing bet. (Ask poor Batman how his franchise was going in 2002.) There had been some total non-starters, comic book franchise-wise, around this time: We weren't ev...

Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports Good morning. The Texas Rangers are 9-5 against the AL East and have won four games otherwise. The only East team they have played that they haven’t won a series against is the Baltimore Orioles. So, yeah, baseball. Daniel Guerrero writes that it was former Red Sock Brock Holt that delivered the game-winning hit against his old team for the Rangers in a 5-3 series-clinching win on Sunday. Kevin Sherrington is bullish on Willie Calhoun’s bounceback attempt but bearish on Joey Gallo. Levi Weaver writes that the positive series over the weekend (I’d like to poi...